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Thursday, July 28, 2011

the first look...

after a fast and pretty near perfect labor my baby boy was placed right on my chest for some skin on skin time... i remember taking one look at him and thinking, i have seen you, i have fallen completely in love with you and now i cant ever be without you. its amazing how quickly your whole world can shift and change. how your love can just keep on expanding. im so grateful for that.

here are some pictures of wonderful louie's first month.

** i cant believe that my mom was here for three weeks and i don't have one photo of her. sad. but oh how grateful i am to her for coming and helping and loving us all so much. the transition to three has been lovely and i know that i have her to thank for that. i love you so much mom.

“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child. I studied his face, fingers, the folds in his boneless little legs, the whorls of his ears, the tiny nipples on his chest. I held my breath as he sighed and laughed when he yawned, wondered at his grasp on my thumb. I could not get my fill of looking.There should be a song for a woman to sing at the moment, or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment. Like every mother since the first mother, I was overcome and bereft, exalted and ravaged. I had crossed over from girlhood. I beheld myself as an infant in my mother’s arms, and caught a glimpse of my own death. I wept without knowing whether I rejoiced or mourned. My mothers and their mothers were with me as I held my baby.”

AMY! I can't even tell you how obsessed I am with the 2nd picture of you, Chris and Louie.....it is probably the most precious beautiful pic I have ever seen. You can feel the love and little piece of heaven that was there and you look sooooo incredibly gorgeous;0 I have a little something for him and I have been dying to meet him and see you guys so I will call you when we get back in town!

oh my goodness Amy... no one should look that beautiful for just having a baby... you are beautiful mama!!! as for your little one... he couldn't be more precious.. I couldn't be more happier for you!!!!